The Penn's Grove record., 1887-12-10
rARMNoTEs

FARM NOTES.
The SCIENCE. OF FEEDINe-The
science Of feeding Is one of the most
important studies OF the farmer. BY
it he Is taught how to make the most
OF his feeding crops. and how 10 spare
ssiable hay by feeding straw with such
foods as oil meals, bran, and other pur
chasable feeding stuffs. For instance,
one ton Of clover hay contains nine OF
ten per cent. Of albuminoids, whif
ton Of timothy hay has only ive-and.a-
halt per cent. Of these valuable nu-
trients. Now, clover hay Is always
cheaper than timothy. and usually ifty
per cent. cheaper. But further, II a
ton of straw containing two and two
and-a-half per cent. Of albuminoids
is mixed with q ton Of clover hay, the
mixture contains precisely as much
nutritious substance as two tons Of
timothy hay. Hence farmers should,
grow timothy for sale and clover for
keeping, and II one should see q load Of
straw on the way to the paper mill for
81 per ton be should stop 1t and give
ST. so for it, and 80 make IS to 50 on
the operation. This is how q farmer
NAV make a large profit out Of a know
ledge of the sciences Of feeding animals,
and IL proves the wisdom Of the old
Roman philolopher and statesman
who said: "The feeding Of animals is
the most important part Of agricul-
ture."
THE value of q ton OF ordinary
manure is estimated a. $8, while alow
price for a ton Of commercial fertilizer
Is $50. The farmer must, therefore,
handle ten times as much manur as
fertilizers in order to provide the same
amount OF plant food. In purchasing
fertilizers the matter OF hauling and
distributing the manure and fertilizers
should. therefore. be considered in the
COMPARISON of cost and benefit to be
derived from each.
IN this country q famine is almost
imDossible. While droughts occur in
some sections rain is usually plentiful
elsewhere. The past season was noted
for destruction from both droughts and
freshets at the same time. Crops are
very short in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Iowa, while in the Eastern States the
yields have been excellent. The time
may yet come when science will enable
the farmers to largely control the supply
Of water required. ,t
IT is a serious mistake to neglect
handling young heifers until after they
have dropped their first cali. At this
time their bags are apt to be swollen
and tender, ard the task Of accustom.
ing them to be MIXED Is more difficult.
The operation tends to enlarge the bag
and the teats, and with good milking
stock may make IL necessary to draw
milk once or twice a day for o week or
more before the calf Is dropped. Do
not begrudge the. extra trouble that
this makes. 1t is sign that the heifer
will Prov to re q deep mixer.
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THE reproducing breeds are not
heavy mixers. Those who breed the
best thoroughbreds are content to have
supply the calves, which are not
| weaned from their dams until the cows
refuse to longer supply them, at which
time the calves are well grown. 1t is
the purpose OF such breeds to convert
the food INTO flesh. while with the
mixers and buttt r-producers the pro-
duction of beef is d secondary matter.
WHEN stock must wade knee-deep
in the filth Of the barn.yard colds and
disease usually result. Dryness and
warmth are essential for the rapid de-
velopment of bone and flesh. Happi-
ness and cOntentment are as essential
to the success OF animals, SO far as
health Is concerned, as they are with
human beings. N
SMUT and mold on corr and corn
stalks are often injurious, and, under
some circumstances, absolutely poison.
GUS to stock. They produce in cattle a
disease called stomach staggers. Small
doses Of sulphur are said to be helpful
to stock thus affected. Smutty corn
should never be. put in the crib. 1t
should be gathered at husking time and
burned. Ii allowed to 60 to crib, other
corn will be affected, and the disease
| will increase the following year. flf
ONE of the sources from which spring
many troubles is the fence corners, II
nothing else Will reachsit try the hoe.
1t is much better to spend a small pro-
portion of the time at the source Of
danger than to be constantly at work
e~ndeavoring to eradicate the weeds
which are fostered aud nourished from
the fence corners. Jci iHafS EAs
A LARGER crop of apples, Il Is said,
will be grown II a colony of bees is
placed in the orchard. The pollen Is
rubbed from their bodies against the
pistils Of thousands Of flowers, which,
thus become fertilized. o Many OF the
strange freaks OF hybridizing varieties
are due 20 the agency of bees.
SCALT leg Is caused by a minute In
sect which burrows under the scales
on the shanks OF fowls, causing them
to enlarge. This may be cured by
dipping the shanks of those affected
into crude petroleum, or a mixture of
laid and kerosene may be thoroughly
rubbed into the scales. Repeat the
treatment in ten days, and the cure
will he completed.
THE latest remedy for the cabbage
pest is smart weed pepper weed,) which
is thoroughly dried, ground to powder
and sprinkled owe the plants.
-s i4Asfe $500 ~
ACCORDING to good authority hogs
should lose only about 10 per cent. of
the live weight In slaughtering-that
is, the net dead weight should be s. per
cent. Of the live weight.
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